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EasyJet hack impacts nine million passengers

The personal details of nine million customers of budget airline EasyJet have been accessed by hackers in what the budget airline is describing as a “highly sophisticated attack.”

Graham Cluley

London Underground passengers told to turn off their Wi-Fi if they don’t want to be tracked

From 8 July 2019, travellers on London’s underground tube network may wish to turn off their Wi-Fi first… if they don’t like the idea of being tracked.

Graham Cluley

Hackers steal personal data of up to 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers

Hackers steal personal data of up to 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers

Most people in the world would describe it as a company “admitting they’ve been hacked.”

But if you’re the breached company and want to apply the maximum amount of PR spin, you might instead issue a release saying you’re “announcing a data security event affecting customer data.”

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Cathay Pacific Data Breach Exposes 9.4 Million Passengers

  1. Cathay Pacific Data Breach Exposes 9.4 Million Passengers  New York Times
  2. Cathay Pacific Data Breach Highlights A Need To Change Airline Security Focus  Forbes
  3. Cathay Pacific Has Suffered the Biggest Airline Data Breach Ever  Fortune
  4. Full coverage

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